Children sometimes gasping for air may be a normal physiological phenomenon, or may be caused by asthma, bronchitis, myocarditis and other diseases. 1. Physiological phenomenon: when the child may appear after strenuous activities or physical exercise, mainly due to increased respiratory movement, is a normal physiological phenomenon, without special treatment, pay attention to observation. 2. asthma: asthma is a lung disease, mainly manifested as episodes of expiratory dyspnea, episodes of chest tightness and coughing, accompanied by rales, etc., the child appeared to wheeze, may be caused by asthma. 3. Bronchitis: it is an inflammation of the mucosa of the trachea, bronchial tubes and their surrounding tissues, the main symptoms are coughing, coughing up sputum and other symptoms, when the patient has bronchospasm, it can cause wheezing, shortness of breath and other conditions. 4. Myocarditis: it is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle, mostly caused by viral infections, mild cases can be completely asymptomatic, when the patient has an acute attack, there may be shortness of breath, dyspnea, chest tightness or pain in the chest, palpitations (heartbeat accelerated, often accompanied by panic) and so on, so the child’s great gasping for breath may also be caused by myocarditis. There may be other reasons for your child’s shortness of breath, so it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time for a complete examination to determine the cause of your child’s shortness of breath, and then give them targeted treatment under the guidance of your doctor.